Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2223
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2206.1

mindat Locality ID: 5830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5830.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°40'35"N
Longitude: 80°44'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.676388888889,-80.741388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Löllingite
Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Skutterudite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Nickeline ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Löllingite
Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Skutterudite Vivianite Xanthoconite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2222.9	2215.9	2793
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2222.9	2215.9	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2223	2207.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2223	2207.3	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2223	2207.3	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2223	2207.3	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2223	2207.3	814
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2223	2207.3	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	2223	2207.3	99
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2223	2207.3	633
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2222.9	2215.9	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2223	2207.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2223	2207.3	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	2223	2207.3	317
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2222.9	2215.9	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2223	2207.3	531
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	2222.9	2215.9	89

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Emily000531	2217.5	2217.5		U-Pb	age of vein mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile			58159	Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Cobalt-Gowganda region	Marshall and Watkinson (2000)	10.2113/0090081	EMG9_81
Emily000532	2217	2217		U-Pb	age of vein mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile			58159	Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Cobalt-Gowganda region	Marshall and Watkinson (2000)	10.2113/0090081	EMG9_81
CJES23_1507_0001	2223	2215.8	2219.4 ± 3.6	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Yes	Zircon			576	O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine	Andrews (1986)		CJES23_1507
CJES23_1507_0002	2219.1	2215.9	2217.5 ± 1.6	U-Pb	host rock	baddeleyite	Yes	Baddeleyite			576	O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine	Andrews (1986)		CJES23_1507
CJES23_1507_0003	2223	2211	2217 ± 6	U-Pb	mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile			576	O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine	Andrews (1986)		CJES23_1507
CJES23_1507_0004	2222.9	2207.3	2215.1 ± 7.8	U-Pb	mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile			576	O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine	Andrews (1986)		CJES23_1507
CJES29_1424_0001	2221.2	2213.2	2217.2 ± 4	U-Pb	host rock	baddeleyite	Yes	Baddeleyite			576	O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Kerns and Hudson townships	Noble (1992)		CJES29_1424
CJES29_1424_0002	2213.1	2206.1	2209.6 ± 3.5	U-Pb	host rock	baddeleyite	Yes	Baddeleyite			576	O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Kerns and Hudson townships	Noble (1992)		CJES29_1424
Co-00008	2222.9	2207.3	2215.1±7.8	U-Pb		rutile		Rutile	Cobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, Safflorite	Co, Ni	5830	Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine, Gowganda	Corfu & Andrews (1986)	10.1139/e86-011	CJES23_107
Co-00009	2223	2211	2217±6	U-Pb		rutile		Rutile	Cobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, Safflorite	Co, Ni	5830	Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine, Gowganda	Corfu & Andrews (1986)	10.1139/e86-011	CJES23_107
Co-00010	2219.1	2215.9	2217.5±1.6	U-Pb		baddeleyite		Baddeleyite	Cobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, Safflorite	Co, Ni	5830	Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Castle Mine, Gowganda	Corfu & Andrews (1986)	10.1139/e86-011	CJES23_107
Co-00114	2222.9	2215.9	2219.4 (+3.6/-3.5)	U-Pb						Co, Ni, As, Ag, Bi	5830	Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Nipissing diabase, Castle mine, Gowganda, Ontario	Andrews et al. (1986)	10.1139/e86-144	CJES_23_1507	error is (+3.6/-3.5); age of Nipissing diabase, the Ni-Co-As-Ag-Bi veins are this age or younger

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